The Question Thread

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The Question Thread

You have questions? We have answers! Please ask SITE and RULE related questions here! This thread is here to help you with the site; not your life, not Harry Potter, or anything else. This is the main site-wide thread in which newbies and members can ask questions about SS. When your question is answered by a site moderator, your original post will be deleted.

Before you ask a question in this thread, please be sure you've checked the The SS Board Rules and FAQ and checked the relevant threads in the site resources to see if your question has already been addressed. The topics most frequently asked about are linked below under the spoiler tags. If you have issues with advertisements, or you need some technical problems please go to the Technical Support and Advertising Issues thread, found in the Site Resources forum. If you do post here in error when it is a tech issue or advertisement problem, the post will be moved to that thread and any answers will be given there.

Please also give this thread a quick browse before asking your question to see if has already been answered in the most recent pages!

Please refrain from answering questions if you are not a member of the SnitchSeeker Staff Team That means only mods and admins should be giving answers here.
Members are not permitted to answer questions in this thread. It's not that we mind you helping; quite the opposite is true actually. It's more that mods are trained to know the up-to-date answers, the whole answers, and have the ability to check things not everyone is able. If you see us slacking on answering (it happens, we know) that you absolutely know you can help the members with: by all means, VM them and be your wonderfully helpfully self. The mods would appreciate it, the member would appreciate it, and that is what SS is all about anyway: community.

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Site Resources & Site Rules Quick Links:
Below you will find links to the different guides here in this forum designed to help members and answer common questions. We encourage all newbies and members to check the site rules & FAQ (where you can do a keyword search) and the site resources (where there are guides and FAQs on several important topics) before asking a question as you are likely to find the answer you need on your own without having to wait for a response. If you do not check these places first you'll likely find that you'll be directed to these resources anyway when your question is addressed.

SPOILER!!: Member Conduct and Expectations

The Warning and Infraction System
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If someone is sending me hate mail, what should I do?

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Do smileys and/or spaces add to my total pixel height?
In an all text signature, how many lines (and size of text) am I allowed?
What is a tag and how do I get one?
How do I delete my post?
Can I change my name?
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SPOILER!!: Roleplay-related Resources

The Hogwarts Sorting & Resorting
The Ministry of Magic Placement
Roleplaying Basics

If you have further questions regarding the specifics or detail of the SSRPG (the site wide RPG) please ask those questions in the ssrpg guidelines and questions thread, where the leaders of Hogwarts, The Ministry of Magic, and Diagon Alley, can help you.

SPOILER!!: Fanfiction, Games, Gallery, News & Other

Guide to the Forums
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Site Rules & FAQ
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I started a new thread and now I can't find it. Where did it go? Should I try making it again?

Quizzes and Questionnaires

SPOILER!!: About Quizzes and Questionnaires on SS

Snitchseeker has several different Question forms which are to be filled out for a variety of purposes. The most notable ones are:

• The Sorting Quiz
• The re-Sorting
• The Ministry Placement
• The Wand Quiz
• The Owl Post
• The Vault Application
• The Daily Prophet News Submissions
• Username Change request

There are also often questionnaires that are opened for events on site, or for specific member groups as per the needs of various sections of SS. Some of these are only open seasonally, but they all work the same way. Your submitted answers generate a thread in a holding forum that won't be visible to you. This means that you can't double check your submission after you hit that 'submit' button. We highly recommend saving/backing up what you write in a word document or similar, in case there is a problem submitting your questionnaire.

When your questionnaire submits you will see a confirmation on screen. If you do not see this confirmation, your internet connection or browser may have glitched, or we may be experiencing server issues. You can always ask an admin or moderator of that particular area of SS to check and see if your questionnaire submitted correctly, or if you did not see the confirmation, you can submit again with the information you saved.

If you have questions specific to your own fan-fiction thread please ask them in the Fan-fiction announcements, questions, and requests thread, where a FF moderator can help you directly.

Most other forums (games, graphic making, discussions etc) have a sticky thread with guidelines and information specific to that forum.

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Posts in this forum will not add to your post count & questions will be deleted when they are replied to. This means that while newbies CAN post here to get help, posts in the Site Resources forum will NOT count towards the ten posts needed to graduate from newbie to member.

All site rules apply. If your question is of a more sensitive nature, please use the PM system and contact an admin

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Originally Posted by Student of Dumbledor

Is there or will there be any reading groups on this forum.

We've had a book club in the past, and had read-alongs when we had our own radio, but currently there is no active reading groups - if there's a demand something might happen though. In the meantime you can discuss non-HP books here or the HP books here

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Originally Posted by gritandgrace

Is there an app for mobile players?

Unfortunately not at this time. However it can sometimes be easier to use 'SS Lite' which you can set as the skin from the drop down in the bottom left hand corner. You'll need to experiment with this to figure out if its right for you or not.

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Originally Posted by Alavander

Hey there! Massive fan of Harry Potter here... obviously...

I want to (and will become) a very active member on here for many reasons. I actually handmade and sell Harry Potter custom wands as a hobby and to bring in some money as i am a full time carer to a family member.

I would like to ask if I am able to promote and/or sell my wands on this forum? I have scoured the rules, and cannot find anything saying I cannot, but I would like to be sure.

The answer will not affect my decision to stay at all. It would just be the cream on the butterbeer if I could. Thanks!

Yes and no. We don't exactly allow advertising in an active way, but you're permitted to put links in your signature. As per the advertising section in the rules:

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If you wish to advertise another website, you may only do so through links in your signature or by making use of the 'homepage' field provided in your profile. Websites promoted in this manner must not contain any material which directly violates SnitchSeeker site rules, or a warning may be issued for linked content.
Posting advertisements in threads is not permitted, nor is the harassment of our members. You may not actively advertise via Social Group discussions, Private Messages, Usernotes or Visitor Messages. A link may be given if requested, or for reference purposes, but if it is deemed advertising by site staff a warning or infraction will be issued.

We do also have an arts and crafts forum, though its not super active right now, here, where you can showcase your work. In the long term once you're more settled you could have a chat to the admin team and we could see what other options there might be. Welcome to SS!

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Originally Posted by lachlan091

Need assistance. Is there any graphic group where we can discuss arising issues related to illustration/graphical development?
Looking forward for positive responding..

Can you elaborate more on your issue? You need to graduate from newbie with ten legitimate posts in order to post in our graphics forum. Beyond that it is not clear what your issue currently is.

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Originally Posted by love-for-HP

I swear I've looked everyone, so please forgive me if I missed it. But can we post in Diagon Alley before we are officially sorted? I've taken the quiz, just waiting for results.

Hi and welcome!

Yes, as we are currently in between school terms, you can RP any school character in Diagon Alley, even if you are not yet officially sorted. Once the school term is in session however, you may not play school aged characters there, but you can RP anyone else of other ages in DA.